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Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.

Quincy Jones

It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging.
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Act Arrangement Record
A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Age Degree Determination Himself Ideas Person
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Architecture Frozen Music
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.
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People Right Unfair Yourself
My dream is to put together a performance of the evolution of black music with Cirque du Soleil . I would also like to do street opera and children’s books. But even as I work toward these things, I want to simplify my life.
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Book Children Dreams Music Myself Performance Simplicity Togetherness
All the jazz guys had interracial relationships, and even the ladies did. Over the years, interracial relationships have been a hip, almost defiant thing, a way of saying “Nobody can put a boundary around me.”
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Boundary Limitation Love Myself Relationship Time
I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
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Laughter Loud Myself Truth
Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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Age End Myself Practice Time
Prince a true artist in every sense of the world. Gone way too soon.
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Artist Death True World
Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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Art Emotional Important Military Yourself
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
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God Leaving Ourselves Religious Room Space
When you’re over the hill, that’s when you pick up speed.
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Deep Fall Place Speed Yourself
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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Greatness Singer Sound Yourself
I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!
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Choice Love Myself Player

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